- The Blood-Stained God
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The Blood-Stained God " is a1955 fantasy novella written byRobert E. Howard andL. Sprague de Camp featuring Howard's seminalsword and sorcery heroConan the Barbarian . It was revised by de Camp from Howard's original story, a then-unpublished non-fantasy Oriental tale that featuredKirby O'Donnell titled "The Curse of the Crimson God " (vt "Trail of the Blood-Stained God"). De Camp changed the names of the characters, added the fantastic element, and recast the setting into Howard'sHyborian Age . The story was first published in the hardbound collection "Tales of Conan " (Gnome Press ,1955 ), and subsequently appeared in the paperback collection "Conan of Cimmeria " (Lancer Books ,1969 ), as part of which it has been translated into German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch and Italian.External links
* [http://conan.wikia.com/wiki/The_Blood-Stained_God Conan wiki • The Blood-Stained God] • Synopsis, characters, locations, and publishing history
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